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St Andrew's Cross Spider

Argiope Keyserlingi

Notes:

The second shot is a close up of the smaller spider in the web... possibly the male?

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3 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

This specie has very similar look with Indian...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/625...

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Beautiful. I guess the smaller one is a male.

Apple
Apple 12 years ago

Yes, very likely the male since a male Argiope will set up a smaller web behind the females's web.

ShannaB
Spotted by
ShannaB

4573, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Jan 23, 2012
Submitted on Jan 23, 2012

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